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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did hearing English distorted feel like for Eva?
(a) Made her laugh.
(b) Made her sick to her stomach.
(c) Grated on her like chalk screeching on a blackboard.
(d) Made her cry.

2. Who did the Wydra's stay with when they arrived in Vancouver?
(a) The Rosenberg family.
(b) The Steiner family.
(c) The Berg family.
(d) A Synagogue.

3. What nationality was Eva's piano teacher in Canada?
(a) Polish.
(b) American.
(c) Russian.
(d) Canadian.

4. What two popular shows on T.V. did the men go to the den to watch during parties in Canada?
(a) I Love Lucy and Bonanza.
(b) The Lawrence Welk Show and the Ed Sullivan Show.
(c) Friends and I Love Lucy.
(d) Father Knows Best and the Ed Sullivan Show.

5. What was the address where the Wydra's first lived in Vancouver written on the "I'm lost" card?
(a) 6845 Twin Peaks Ave.
(b) 4848 Circle Drive.
(c) 1785 Granville Street.
(d) 1785 Pioneer Street.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game did most teenage parties devolve into that made Eva feel that she was among a strange tribe of adolescents?

2. What did Eva's sister do almost the entire trip from Montreal to Vancouver?

3. Why was Alinka receiving more of a Jewish education in Canada than Eva?

4. What did Eva and Alinka discuss on their way home from school as they dawdled along Main Street?

5. What did Eva think that the sliced cheese and bologna smelled like?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the concept of "internal goods" give Eva comfort and allow her to feel more comfortable with herself?

2. Why did Eva choose English as the language she would write in when she received her new diary?

3. Shortly after the Wydra's arrived in Canada, Eva had a bad dream. What was it and why was it significant?

4. How did Eva see Mr. Rosenberg after the Wydra's had been in Canada for a bit? How did he change in Eva's eyes and why did she perceive him differently after a short time?

5. Why did Eva's father struggle so much once the family was living in Canada?

6. Give an example of how the Wydra's became paralyzed by choices and how they made decisions?

7. As Eva learned new words and expressions, why was she baffled by "You're welcome?"

8. When Eva dreamed of staying in Poland, how did she imagine her life would have been had she stayed? What was "normal" to Eva and why did she believe that life in Poland would have been "normal?"

9. In Eva's attempt at secrecy, what role did Mrs. Steiner play? Why did Eva place her is this position? What characteristics did Mrs. Steiner have that made Eva behave differently towards her?

10. How did Canada's work ethic affect Eva's father and his view of himself?

(see the answer keys)

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